Subj : Re: A new computer setup
To   : Gamgee
From : Dennisk
Date : Mon Aug 24 2020 21:40:00

-=> Gamgee wrote to Dennisk <=-

 -=> Dennisk wrote to Tracker1 <=-

 De> There was a significant upgrade when I moved the OS to an SSD,
 De> but apart from that I don't notice a difference between my home
 De> machine, and the new machine I use at work.  Maybe again, the
 De> tasks are different, but perhaps the only noticable thing is that
 De> programs take touch longer to start.  But as what I mostly am
 De> using now is a web browser, Syncterm, Doom level editor, Emacs
 De> and a Terminal, perhaps that is why.  I would feel the age if I
 De> compared something resource heavy, like video editing, but I do
 De> that so, so rarely.

 Ga> A Doom level editor!  Holy crap, that's freakin AWESOME!  Didn't
 Ga> realize people were still doing that.  I tinkered with a few maps
 Ga> back in the day and have GREAT memories of all that.  :-)

Yes, I'm working on some Doom levels right at this moment.  My most recent
release was "DK Shrine 2 - Remastered", which was for Doom 2.

 De> But there definately is something here.  You couldn't get away in
 De> 2000 with a 1990s computer, or even in 2010 with a 2000s one.

 Ga> Very much agree, and I assume you are inferring that you can
 Ga> usually get by in 2020 with a 2010 computer, which I also agree
 Ga> with.

The operating system you choose here is the key factor.

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